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Least-squares reverse time migration is well-known for its capability to generate artifact-free true-amplitude subsurface images through fitting observed data in the least-squares sense. However, when applied to realistic imaging problems,…

Geophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Mengmeng Yang , Zhilong Fang , Philipp Witte , Felix J. Herrmann

We introduce a convex approach for mixed linear regression over $d$ features. This approach is a second-order cone program, based on L1 minimization, which assigns an estimate regression coefficient in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ for each data point.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-09 Paul Hand , Babhru Joshi

Classical reconstruction methods for phase-contrast tomography consist of two stages: phase retrieval and tomographic reconstruction. A novel algebraic method combining the two was suggested by Kostenko et al. (Opt. Express, 21, 12185,…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-09-08 Rasmus Dalgas Kongskov , Jakob Sauer Jørgensen , Henning Friis Poulsen , Per Christian Hansen

Sparse signal recovery based on nonconvex and nonsmooth optimization problems has significant applications and demonstrates superior performance in signal processing and machine learning. This work deals with a scale-invariant…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Lang Yu , Nanjing Huang

Pose Graph Optimization (PGO) is an important non-convex optimization problem and is the state-of-the-art formulation for SLAM in robotics. It also has applications like camera motion estimation, structure from motion and 3D reconstruction…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-06-04 S. M. Nasiri , Reshad Hosseini , Hadi Moradi

We study randomized sketching methods for approximately solving least-squares problem with a general convex constraint. The quality of a least-squares approximation can be assessed in different ways: either in terms of the value of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-04 Mert Pilanci , Martin J. Wainwright

Inverse problems and regularization theory is a central theme in contemporary signal processing, where the goal is to reconstruct an unknown signal from partial indirect, and possibly noisy, measurements of it. A now standard method for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-09 Samuel Vaiter , Gabriel Peyré , Jalal M. Fadili

This paper is concerned with the problem of inverse scattering of time-harmonic acoustic plane waves by a two-layered medium with a locally rough interface in 2D. A direct imaging method is proposed to reconstruct the locally rough…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-11 Long Li , Jiansheng Yang , Bo Zhang , Haiwen Zhang

Ptychography has risen as a reference X-ray imaging technique: it achieves resolutions of one billionth of a meter, macroscopic field of view, or the capability to retrieve chemical or magnetic contrast, among other features. A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-10 Huibin Chang , Pable Enfedaque , Stefano Marchesini

Analysis of high dimensional data is a common task. Often, small multiples are used to visualize 1 or 2 dimensions at a time, such as in a scatterplot matrix. Associating data points between different views can be difficult though, as the…

Graphics · Computer Science 2014-08-05 Chris W. Muelder , Nick Leaf , Carmen Sigovan , Kwan-Liu Ma

Least-squares approximation is one of the most important methods for recovering an unknown function from data. While in many applications the data is fixed, in many others there is substantial freedom to choose where to sample. In this…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-11 Ben Adcock

We consider the problem of reconstructing an unknown function $f$ on a domain $X$ from samples of $f$ at $n$ randomly chosen points with respect to a given measure $\rho_X$. Given a sequence of linear spaces $(V_m)_{m>0}$ with ${\rm…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-19 Albert Cohen , Mark A. Davenport , Dany Leviatan

One fundamental goal of high-dimensional statistics is to detect or recover planted structure (such as a low-rank matrix) hidden in noisy data. A growing body of work studies low-degree polynomials as a restricted model of computation for…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Tselil Schramm , Alexander S. Wein

This paper is concerned with a numerical method for a 3D coefficient inverse problem with phaseless scattering data. These are multi-frequency data generated by a single direction of the incident plane wave. Our numerical procedure consists…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-16 Michael V. Klibanov , Dinh-Liem Nguyen , Loc H. Nguyen

Large-scale nonsmooth optimization problems arise in many real-world applications, but obtaining exact function and subgradient values for these problems may be computationally expensive or even infeasible. In many practical settings, only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Jenni Lampainen , Kaisa Joki , Napsu Karmitsa , Marko M. Mäkelä

We propose a discontinuous least squares finite element method for solving the linear elasticity. The approximation space is obtained by patch reconstruction with only one unknown per element. We apply the L 2 norm least squares principle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Ruo Li , Fanyi Yang

This paper introduces a new algorithm for accurately reconstructing two smooth orthogonal surfaces by processing ultrasonic data. The proposed technique is based on a preliminary analysis of a waveform energy indicator in order to classify…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-01-22 Nicola Ivan Giannoccaro , Giovanni Indiveri , Luigi Spedicato

We study the problem of recovering sparse signals from compressed linear measurements. This problem, often referred to as sparse recovery or sparse reconstruction, has generated a great deal of interest in recent years. To recover the…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-01-01 Jian Wang , Ping Li

The altitude distribution of optical turbulence is derived from the MASS instrument data by solving an inverse problem. In this paper, some modifications of the profile restoration are described. The principal change is the introduction of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-13 V. Kornilov , M. Kornilov

This paper presents novel adaptive space-time reduced-rank interference suppression least squares algorithms based on joint iterative optimization of parameter vectors. The proposed space-time reduced-rank scheme consists of a joint…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-15 Rodrigo C. de Lamare , Raimundo Sampaio-Neto